Richard Bland Lee

Richard Bland Lee (20 January 1761-12 March 1827) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-VA 4) from 4 March 1789 to 3 March 1793 (preceding Francis Preston) and from VA-17 from 4 March 1793 to 3 March 1795 (preceding Richard Brent).

Biography
Richard Bland Lee was born in Leesylvania, Prince William County, Virginia in 1761, the younger brother of Henry Lee III and of Charles Lee, the uncle of Robert E. Lee, and the cousin of Richard Henry Lee. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa before serving in the House of Delegates from 1784 to 1788, in 1796, and from 1799 to 1806, as well as in the US House of Representatives from 1789 to 1795. He supported the US Constitution and was a party to the Compromise of 1790, which led to the construction of Washington DC. He died in 1827.